Winners of the 2020 Learning Technologies Awards revealed
Some amazing achievements in learning technologies were celebrated on 18 November 2020 as the winners of this year’s Learning Technologies Awards were announced in the online gala.
Nearly 500 entries were received from all over the world and many of those shortlisted, and their teams and partners, joined online to celebrate. Deborah Frances-White and Tom Salinsky were on hand to announce the 74 gold, silver and bronze winners.
There were double gold wins for Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education in Team of the year and Learning organisation of the year, and they also took silver for Excellence in the design of learning content - public & non-profit sector. TinQwise also took double gold along with each of their partners, OMRON Healthcare and QuaRijn, and there was also a silver with QuaRijn as well. Learning designer of the year was Angela Moreno Valero and Developer of the year was Owen Court.
Other gold winners included Learn Amp, Network Rail, MetLife and NIIT, QA, Institute of Education, Singapore and Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering, as well as many others. Congratulations to all the winners whose performances have really stood out in the world of learning technologies.
Donald H Taylor opened the presentation evening with a welcome address: “The Learning Technologies Awards represent a huge network of talent and ingenuity and we would like to thank all the organisations, teams and individuals that helped to define this year’s competition.”
He added: “We are hugely grateful to our sponsors and partners for their generous support once again. The headline sponsors were GO1, Kallidus, Omniplex, The Skills Network and THRIVE. The judging partner was the eLearning Network, and our thanks go to them and all our 61 judges. Congratulations to all our 74 winners.”
2020 Learning Technologies Awards winners
Best learning technologies project - UK commercial sector
GOLD: Evans Cycles
SILVER: Sage & Sub10
BRONZE: VIC - your Virtual Interactive Coach
Best learning technologies project - international commercial sector
GOLD: Bright Alley, Digital Chefs and KLM
SILVER: Squadify and Merck ANZ
BRONZE: Origin Learning Inc. and CognitiveScale Inc.
Best learning technologies project - UK public & non-profit sector
GOLD: Dogs Trust & Covetrus
SILVER: ACCA
BRONZE: NATS
Best learning technologies project - international public & non-profit sector
GOLD: Institute of Technical Education, Singapore
SILVER: Area9 Lyceum
BRONZE: Secretariat Général de la Défense et de la Sécurité Nationale
Excellence in the design of learning content - UK commercial sector
GOLD: Asda
Excellence in the design of learning content - international commercial sector
GOLD: OMRON Healthcare & TinQwise
SILVER: Novartis and SiyonaTech
BRONZE: RW3 CultureWizard
Excellence in the design of learning content - public & non-profit sector
GOLD: QuaRijn & TinQwise
SILVER: Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service
BRONZE: Save the Children UK and World Vision International
Best use of mobile learning
GOLD: The Method
SILVER: StoryShare Platform
BRONZE: MyKnowledgeMap & Cuppacare
Best use of social and collaborative learning technologies
GOLD: Learn Amp
SILVER: Google and Plum eLearning
BRONZE: FutureLearn
Best technology-based onboarding programme
GOLD: MetLife and NIIT
SILVER: aNewSpring & HBtraining
BRONZE: Make Real with CITB and BAM Nuttall
Most innovative new learning technologies product
GOLD: Talking Talent
SILVER: Learnerbly
BRONZE: BODYSWAPS & Humanitarian Leadership Academy
Best learning game
GOLD: University of Oxford with Discover eLearning and RenderHeads
SILVER: Google and Plum eLearning
BRONZE: Hubro Education AS
Best use of simulations or virtual environments for learning
GOLD: Network Rail
SILVER: The Method
BRONZE: SAFER Training
Best online distance learning programme
GOLD: WBS and IndustryMasters
SILVER: Imperial College Business School
BRONZE: Save the Children UK and World Vision International
Best use of blended learning - UK commercial sector
GOLD: QA
SILVER: Morgan Advanced Materials in partnership with Impact
BRONZE: TAOLIN - a platform for continuous leadership development
Best use of blended learning - international commercial sector
GOLD: S&P Global
SILVER: MetLife and NIIT
BRONZE: Swisscom and Area9 Lyceum
Best use of blended learning - public & non-profit sector
GOLD: Surf Life Saving NSW and Saffron Interactive
SILVER: QuaRijn & TinQwise
BRONZE: NATS
Best UK learning platform implementation
GOLD: EDF
SILVER: Brother UK Ltd
BRONZE: Citizens Advice and Docebo
Best international learning platform implementation
GOLD: MOL Group and Axonify
SILVER: Santander México Academy and Netex Knowledge Factory S.A.
BRONZE: ADP
Best use of learning data analytics to impact learner and business performance
GOLD: Deloitte Belgium
SILVER: ZS Associates & Roche FMI
BRONZE: Swisscom and Area9 Lyceum
Best UK digital transformation of a training programme in response to COVID-19
GOLD: Health Education & Improvement Wales
SILVER: Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
BRONZE: Kaplan
Best international digital transformation of a training programme in response to COVID-19
GOLD: Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering GmbH
SILVER: University of Fort Hare
BRONZE: Xprtise and Erasmus MC
Learning technologies team of the year
GOLD: Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
SILVER: Murex
BRONZE: MOD
Learning technologies learning organisation of the year
GOLD: Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
SILVER: Media Zoo
BRONZE: iDEA
Learning designer of the year
GOLD: Angela Moreno Valero
SILVER: Graham Waller
BRONZE: Tracey McDonald
Learning developer of the year
GOLD: Owen Court
About the Learning Technologies Awards
The Learning Technologies Awards is an international scheme which has been celebrating outstanding learning technologies for 16 years. They are open to anyone worldwide, no matter what the size of the organisation, and showcase some of the most recognisable, memorable, and life-changing learning technologies and e-learning around.
The Learning Technologies Awards are independently judged and receive hundreds of entries each year. Categories cover innovations, projects, design, games, simulations, social media, mobile technologies, onboarding, and blended learning, as well as awards for outstanding individuals, teams and organisations.
The Awards are organised by CloserStill Media.
Kate Vose
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